jQuery – Blonde Dictionary

jQuery isn’t technically a language, she is the daughter of JavaScript but she is also half human, making her a library.
jQuery is just like her father, fun and outgoing. She loves helping him with his projects and interacts with his friends a lot. HTML and CSS love her and treat her like an equal despite her young age.

jQuery is written in JavaScript, meaning that she is just as powerful as her daddy, however, she is less conservative than him and more easy-going. She is more down to earth and takes less time to do a lot of things than her dad.

She helps JavaScript with his projects and generally around the house. A lot of the times she is the one who does the shopping, because not only she does it quickly and efficiently, but this way she also lets her dad focus on more important things. He trusts her and gives her freedom when it comes to selecting things to buy – maybe that’s why a lot of her statements start with a dollar sign? 😉

Her and her dad are the dream team, when they work together, they get things done much faster. With the help of their good friends HTML and CSS they create wonderful interactive websites. As a girl, jQuery looks up to CSS and has learned a lot from her, in fact, she even uses the same selectors as CSS!

jQuery is easy to learn once you understand the basics of JavaScript and you can do both on amazing free resources such as Codecademy and W3Schools 🙂

Let me know if you like jQuery and her story in the comments below or by emailing me at codingblonde@gmail.com 🙂